High chair.



FREDERICH W. HARRIS, OF OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO, CANADA.

HIGH CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1912.

Application filed July 6, 1909. Sera1 No. 506,249.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICH W. HAR- Rrs, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the town of Owen Sound, county of Grey, Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in High Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in high chairs, as described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, whereby the table is held securely in engagement with the arms of the chair by a crank member connected to said table and pivotally supported from the chair.

The objects of the invention are, to insure the safety of the child .sitting in the high chair, to lock the table securely in such a manner that the child cannot unfasten it, and to devise a simple and reliable form of locking means, easily operated and cheap to manufacture.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion of the chair, showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the upper portion of the chair from underneath.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each gure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the chair seat and 2 is the back.

3 are the arms of the chair having the ends 4 extending beyond the supporting rails.

5 is the table having the side arms 6 eX- tending backwardly therefrom and curved upwardly and having the orifices 7 in the inner sides of the ends.

8 is a bracket secured to the underside of the table 5 adjacent to the inner side thereof, preferably formed in scroll shape having the openings 9 adapted to receive the eX- tending ends 4 of the arms 3. The underside of the bracket 8 is shaped so as to allow perfect freedom to the childs limbs and yet form a barrier to prevent the child from slipping out of the chair underneath the table.

10 and 11 are brackets secured to the back of the chair and having journal orices therein, the bracket 10 being formed with an outwardly projecting portion 12 having a laterally bent end 13 forming a stop.

14 is a metal rod having the crank shaped ends 15 extending' through and journaled in the journal orifices in the brackets 10 and 11. The outer ends of the crank portions 15 extend into the orifices 7 in the arms 6 of the table and form bearings upon which the said table swings. The rod 14 is bent upwardly in U-shape form between the brackets 10 and 11 and forms the arched handle portion 16 for swinging the said cranks.

17 is a spring latch secured to the back of the chair and adapted to engage the handle portion 16 of the rod 14 and hold it securely against said back.

In the use of this device, the handle portion 16 is released by pulling upwardly on the latch 17 and said handle portion swung downwardly until brought into engagement with the stop 13. The downward movement of the handle 16 swings the crank portions 15 of said rod forwardly, thus moving the table 5 forwardly until the bracket 8 will clear the end of the arms 3. The table is then swung upwardly over the back of the chair and the child placed therein. The table is then swung downwardly over the childs head and brought into engagement with the arms 3 and the rod 14 swung upwardly until the handle portion 16 is caught by the latch 17.

In the upward movement of the handle portion 16, the crank portions of the rod 14 are swung backwardly, drawing the table 5 inwardly so that the ends of the chair arms 3 extend through the openings 9 in the brackets 8, thus holding the said table securely so that the child-cannot raise it. The latch 17 being on the back is entirely out of reach of the child and therefore it is impossible for the child to release the table and get out of the chair accidentally, consequently it is held perfectly secure in its chair. In order to release the table it is merely necessary to free the handle portion 16 from the latch when the table may be moved forwardly and swung upwardly as previously described.

The device herein described is very easy to operate and overcomes the many difficulties found in the use of the overhead swinging table and insures the perfect safety of the child.

What I claim as my invention is A high chair having rigid side arms formed with forwardly extending ends, a table adapted to rest on said rigid side arms and having rigid loop members on the underside adapted to embrace the forwardly extending ends of said side arms, said table also having rearwardly extending upwardly curved arms extending close to the back, a rod having a central handle portion extending across the back of the chair and formed with down-turned ends, said downturned ends being turned laterally and said laterally bent portions being formed With crank ends pivotally secured to the extremities of the upturned ends of the arms of said table, journalbrackets secured to the back of the chair and embracing the laterally turned portions of the handle member at each side of the chair, and a locking member engaging the handle member and holding it close to the back and retaining the table in its locked position.

Signed at Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, this 24th day of June A. D. 1909.

FREDERICH W. HARRIS. lVitnesses JAMES GARVIL, GRACE E. NOTTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ivel cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

